Peter Cole
Articles

Labor Song of the Month: “Harry Bridges”

Nowadays, the name Harry Bridges elicits no response from the average American. Some San Francisco Bay Area residents might connect his name to

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Paul Robeson, Black Dockworkers, And Labor-Left Pan-Africanism

Paul Robeson was one of the greatest black internationalists of the twentieth century. A gifted actor and singer, he was also an unabashed

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Fellow Workers: Read this book!

If you want to read the god-honest and god-awful truth about being a left-wing radical in 20th century America, drop whatever you’re doing,

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Australia and U.S. Labor: Transnational Influences and Historical Comparisons

For three days in early January—summertime in the land “down under”—historians and other scholars interested in labor gathered on the campus of Australia’s

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The Right’s Working-Class Philosopher

Original posted in Jacobin on September 2, 2014. Eric Hoffer was a conservative who only had the time to write because he was

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Postindustrial Noir: Assessing The Wire

Editors Note: Duke University Press allows us free access to one selected journal article or forum published in each issue of Labor: Working

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Brandworkers Fanning the Flames, Wobbly-Style

Often, academics research and teach about problems that need fixing without engaging with activists on the proverbial front lines.  Often, younger activists remain

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